Over the last few days as I have been sifting through public art, not-art and everything in between, I decided to visit an exhibition which would hopefully clarify the matter.
2013 Ways to Do Public Art is currently running at the Cape Town City Hall. I had not yet visited City Hall and thought of the exhibition as a double-dose of public spectacle: public architecture meets public expression. It was unfortunately a truly disappointing experience. Rhetoric was shouted against and pasted on every surface as the paint of this grand old lady seemed to peel off with disgust.
There was little in the way of artwork with no obvious sense of flow, progression or narrative. If the objective was to accurately portray the state of public art and policy on artistic expression in the city then it may perhaps be the most scathing opinion thus aired on the matter.
I was hoping for the pink carpet to be rolled out.
A genuine invitation for the public to be engaged with art.
The bar needs to be higher, it's as simple as that.
Still Life/No Life with Chicken Leg
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